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Latvia Weekly: COVID-19 Disinformation and Anti-Ukraine Sentiments
New observations this week: 10 Main channel: Tiktok Main keywords: Covid, vaccines, corruption, Ukraine Main disinformation narratives: Overview: The majority of content was related to COVID-19 and the possibility of new vaccines. The main narrative concerned the claims of COVID-19 being a source of government oppression through mandatory vaccines which also doubles as corruption as…
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Latvia Weekly: Escalating COVID-19 Conspiracies and Rising LGBTQ Education Fears
New observations this week: 7 Main channel: Tiktok Main keywords: Covid, vaccines, LGBTQ, Russian Language Main disinformation narratives: Overview: COVID-19 remains a topic that is capable of reaching a wider audience and more engagement. In comparison to last week additionally, to the already existing narrative of mandatory vaccines, content relating to various conspiracy theories is…
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Latvia Weekly: Persistent COVID-19 Disinformation, Corruption Claims, and Waning
New observations this week: 8 Main channel: Tiktok Main keywords: Covid, vaccines, corruption Main disinformation narratives: Overview: Similarly, as for the previous two weeks, the majority of content is related to COVID-19. Whilst the authors remain the same and try to apply a similar video format and narrative as in previous weeks, the engagement is…
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Latvia Weekly: Vaccine Anxiety, Education Fears, and Pension Discontent
New observations this week: 11 Main channel: TikTok Main keywords: Conspiracy, chemtrails, Covid, vaccines, LGBTQ, corruption, polarisation, language, pensions, Russia Main narratives: Overview: The majority of content continues to focus on COVID-19, specifically the anxiety surrounding mandatory vaccines. Content in Latvian language reaches a smaller audience compared to Russian, but garners more comments. Interestingly, the…
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